Fountain-brush.



'No. 734,9.10. V PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

. G. C. MADISON.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

V AiPPLIUATION FILED APR. 10, 1903. H0 MODEL.

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i ES? STATES PATENT @FFICE.

GEORGE MADISON, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 734,910, dated July 28, 1903. V

Application filed April 10, 1903. Serial No. 151,938. (No model.)

To (all whom it may con-corn:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. MADISON,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of lllinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-l3rushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fonntain-brushcs, its object being particularly to provide an improved construction of hollow brush-head by which the w ter may be evenly and thoroughly distributed to the bristles.

To this end my in rention consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

' In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a section of my improved brush-head. Fig. 2 is an inner view of one member of the head; and Fig. 3 is an outside view of the same, shown partially broken away and only partly supplied with bristles.

In the drawings the brush-head is shown consisting of two telescoping members 1 and 3, made of aluminium or other suitable material. The member 2 carries an inlet-nipple 3, over which is fitted the end of a tube -l-, adapted to be connected in a suitable manner with a source of water-su 'iply. The

. member 1, which supports the bristles, has

through the member openings 5 through its outer wall.

(3 represents the bristles, which are carried by the twisted cables 7, said cables being arranged concentrically upon the outer face of the member 1 and being secured thereto by wires 8, surrounding the cables and passing through the openings 5. The ends of the cables 7 extend through openings 9 in the member 1, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In order to re ulate the flow of water through the brush-head, I provide the boss 10, positioned ecccutrically upon the inner face of the member I, havingan upward projection 13. The member-s1 and 2 are secured together by a screw 11, passing centrally 2 and extending into the projection 13 of the boss 10, said screw serving as a pivot upon which the member 2 is turned. It will thus be seen that by turning the member 2 the boss 10 may be brought underneath the end of the inlet-port 12 to close said port and shut oil the inlet of water.

As illustrated in the drawings, the bristles are carried by cables, which cables are secured to the brush-hea intermediate ol' the openings by wires which pass over the cables and through the openings. The openings are thus unobstructed, and thus may be greatly varied in arrangement and number.

By having the brush-head of such construction and arrangement that both head members may be of metal a much morcsatisfactory brush is obtained than where the bristle-carrying member must be of wood.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A hollow brush-head of the class described, consisting of two members suitably secured together, a supply-tube connected with one member, the opposite member being provided with a series of perforations, bristle-carrying cables concentrically arra'nged upon the outer face of said perforated member, and wires secured to said cables and extending through said perforations.

2. A hollow metal brush-head of the class described, comprising two members, an inlet-tube connected with one member, the opposite member being provided with a series of perforations, ln'istle-carrying cables concentrically arranged upon the outer face of said perforated member, the ends of said cables extending through openings in said member, and a series of wires crossing said cables and extending through said perforations.

3. A hollow brush-head of the class described, consisting of two members rotal-ably connected, one of said members being provided with an inlet-tub and the other member carrying bristles, and a valve carried by said members in position to close said inlettube when the members are relatively rotated.

4:. A hollow brush-head of the class de scribed, consisting of "0. telescoping rotat-ably-eonneeted metal members, an inlett-ube carried by one member, Uri-ties sup-. ported upon the other member, mule boss eeeentrically positioned upon the inner face of one of said members in position to close said inlet-tube when the members are relaivoly rmzu-c-d 1 I In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1 in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. MADISON. Witnesses:

II. S. JOHNSON, EMILY F. Orrs. 

